Starlink, the satellite Internet service by Elon Musk's company, has revised its launch schedule for Central Asian countries, as per the interactive map on its website.
Presently available in around 70 countries, including EU nations, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and others, Starlink had initially anticipated entering Uzbekistan and neighboring countries by 2023. However, the latest information on the website indicates that Starlink's launch in Uzbekistan is now slated for 2025, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia set to gain access in 2024.
Despite earlier projections, the service is expected to commence in Argentina, Angola, Botswana, and several other nations in 2024. Starlink aims to extend its satellite Internet coverage to Armenia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Serbia, and additional countries from 2025 onward. Notably, the service is not anticipated to launch in the near term in countries such as Russia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and Cuba.
Under construction since 2019, with test launches conducted a year prior, the Starlink global satellite communications system, spearheaded by SpaceX, aims to deliver Internet access through a network of small devices in low-Earth orbit, each weighing up to 500 kg. Beta testing in the summer of 2020 demonstrated speeds ranging from 11 to 60 Mbit/s. Elon Musk positioned Starlink to occupy the space "between 5G and wired Internet." While the network was initially planned to cover the entire planet (except the poles) by September 2021, securing permissions from individual countries remains an ongoing requirement.
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